Reading for August 5th

Read 1 Thessalonians 2.1-12 The endurance of the mission team.
Paul denounces false teachers and praises the mission team for building up the congregation.
In verse 2 Opposition, a metaphor of athletic struggle (Epictetus Diss, 1.24.1-2; 4 Macc 16.16).
In verse 4 God...tests our hearts, see Gal 1.10; Prov 17.3.
In verse 7 the Greek word "epioi," gentle, found in some manuscripts, differs from "nepioi," infants, by only the letter "n" (see note c on p. 311).
Paul rarely uses "infant" positively (see Rom 2.20; 1 Cor 3.1; 13.11; Gal 4.1, 3),
so gentle is probably original.
In verse 11 father...children, see Gal 4.19-20; 1 Cor 4.14-21; 2 Cor 6.11-13.
In verse 12 lead a life worthy (Gal 5.16; Rom 13.13, "walk" a distinctive (holy) life even though the end time is not yet obvious to a world that is passing away (see 4.1-8).
Kingdom of God, rare in Paul (see 1 Cor 4.20).
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